No More Heroes 3 Bitter RTA Speedrun in 2:09:53 (PC) @aerlieBud

Aerlien Reuploaded because of a video quality issue

This run has remarkable slot machine luck and no deaths. (Excluding the Deathman section)

The loading speed upgrade from having NMH3 installed on an SSD adds up to more than 10 minutes being saved over running the game on Switch.

Mommy.

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updated 3 years ago

No More Heroes 3 Bitter RTA Speedrun in 2:09:53 (PC)

Aerlien 2022-10-27 | Reuploaded because of a video quality issue

This run has remarkable slot machine luck and no deaths. (Excluding the Deathman section)

The loading speed upgrade from having NMH3 installed on an SSD adds up to more than 10 minutes being saved over running the game on Switch.

Mommy.

twitch.tv/aerlien

Promised Consort RL1 No Blessings - Parry, Hand-to-Hand

Aerlien 2024-08-17 | Miyazaki's Vision hurts my eyes

Nearly 50 hours of attempts

Super Tobal Annihilation Top 64 Stream

Aerlien 2024-03-26 | Stream 3/23/24 - We qualify one last monster to then participate in the 64-man bracket. We've got plenty of unique bosses and fan favorites back to fight for a copy of Tobal 2.

This tournament is between CPU controlled unlockable monsters on hard difficulty, paired with the Hyper modifier. This modifier removes the recovery period of every move, allowing for instant links and insane combos. -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

Super Tobal Annihilation Bracket Qualifier Stream

Aerlien 2024-03-23 | Stream 3/17/23 - Group stage to qualify for top 64

What makes this tournament super is that the CPUs have the Hyper status, meaning their attacks' recovery frames can be cancelled at any time. -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

Final Fantasy X Any% CSR in 2:54:05

Aerlien 2023-10-13 | Run starts at 02:35. The leaderboards require I include launching FFX in the submission, so in the beginning of this video I show me manipulating my seed. Targeting a certain seed is only feasibly possible on the HD version of FFX, playing on console or PC. Utilizing this knowledge and the amazing tracker, the entire run's battles can be pre-planned from the encounters you get, to item drops, to crits and damage rolls.

Run includes:
Many early game crits.
S-Steel drop in Besaid for getting speed spheres without taking extra encounters or customizing.
Lightning Steel after 1st Luca machina battle.
Double Letty no Blitzoff Skip.
Rare Petrify Grenade steal for speed and safety during the guado encounters at Home.
Special Sphere drops from Seymour to give Tidus the Steal and Use abilities.
Crit on Wendigo,
Ghost on encounter 148 for Wakka's No Encounter Armor.
2 Friend Spheres from Brian and Yankee.
Zombie Weapon from Yunalesca.
Armor Break and no Jecht Beam on Braska's Final Aeon.

Final Fantasy X CSR Any% RNG Fix in 3:04:11

Aerlien 2023-07-22 | CSR = Cutscene Remover | RNG Fix = A mod created to make the item drops, steals, critical hits, enemy actions, etc. unpredictable. Without this mod, FFX generates a seed that plans how every action will play out ahead of time, allowing for players to track their runs and manipulate the battle events and encounters. In the case of the HD Remaster they can find a specific seed they have experience with and craft the perfect run within that seed.

This run was very lucky with most notably a triple Letty Blitzball, 1/8 Petrify Grenade steal, 1/8 Friend Sphere drop, Zombie Weapon drop, and Jecht Beam. I'm extremely happy with how I played in the early and late game, my play was shaky around halfway through but I picked it up and ended strongly. Also the text language is in Korean because it's one of the 3 fastest languages to play in, others being Japanese and Chinese. Chinese is fastest but I like Korean because I'm learning the language.

Obligatory twitch.tv/aerlien shill, you know how it goes.

Marlwolf Strat Comparisons

Aerlien 2023-06-25 | A side-by-side look at how the different fights stack up when factoring in the setup beforehand.

The setup could be slightly faster, and the jump from Marlwolf to the cliff was done with a ledge grab. Overall though, the new strat is very difficult in comparison. If one were to opt out of the 2nd Super Jump they would have to land the Quick Kill to save any time over the old strat.

Marlwolf Super Jump

Aerlien 2023-06-25 | These strategies utilize a glitch not known by runners until very recently, discovered by user Rapsbry.

By taking out the Servbot manning a particular tank in Yass Plains, it applies the rising trajectory of the Servbot's death sequence to Mega Man when on top of an object that shares the ID of that Servbot. That object happens to be the tank right in front of Marlwolf, allowing for some sweet tricks.

Jumping at the beginning of the trick is done a certain way to manipulate the boss to use the green orb attack instead of the normal bomb/bird attack. This attack is much faster, and with enough luck on the following attack being bomb, the fight will end next to the cliff that the tank is on.

The ending dialogue can be skipped by forcing a text box on top of the dialogue. Under normal circumstances it's not possible, but with the super jump you can reach the door to Sub Gate before the game flags it as accessible, producing a "SAMPLE." text box. This cuts off every following dialogue box for the ending cinematic, and the cutscene ends as soon as the sample box closes.

Mineskip Tutorial: No Balls

Aerlien 2023-01-28 | This video aims to teach you about the Easy category of MML Speedrunning's most defining trick: Mineskip. A new method was just developed the other day and is much more consistent, faster, and overall more runner friendly than it once was.

Here are some quick tips you can reference without needing to skim the vid:

When entering the dungeon, stick to the left wall with your jet skate movement and line yourself up parallel to it after turning the corner. Wait for the Zakobon that appears to aggro onto you and then start moving back.

Next, after luring the Zako to the wall, you need to give yourself enough room to be able to hit the apex of your jump by the time you shoot the enemy twice and spawn the explosion. You might go for your shoot and jump at it and not get knocked sideways. If you jumped behind the explosion that means you're early, and if you got knocked straight back that means you're late.

Get a feel for how you can set yourself up for the trick and find a spot that works for you for beginning the climb. If you go close to the enemy, your inputs will have to be pressed in the order Shoot, Forward, Jump. If the position you want is further away, the order is Forward, Shoot, Jump.

Sometimes you can pause or re-pause too early. If you don't hear Mega Man take damage after you pause, that means you need to unpause and try pausing again. If this happened to you, congrats; you may have been frame-perfect!

00:00 Intro & Demonstration
00:58 Step 1: Manipulation
04:18 Step 2: Positioning
06:50 Step 3: Slow-mo Timing Examples
07:01 Step 4: Pause Timing
07:53 2 Pause Timings
08:52 3-4 Pause Timings
10:02 Jet Skate Movement
10:52 Step-by-step Example
11:23 Conclusion

Granny Highlights | Bud Gets Scared

Aerlien 2022-10-30 | Bootleg discord recording and non bootleg editing by BlueMetal

The Nani Jump

Aerlien 2022-09-29 | 2nd hardest jump in the game. Requires a frame perfect release on the 10th frame of being airborne.

Invincibility Glitch for Juno Fight

Aerlien 2022-09-23 | This glitch lets you have invincibility for the final boss by taking advantage of an already known glitch but with a new method.

Talking to data allows you become intangible to all contact or damage starting from the first frame of zooming in and wears off a moment before fully zooming out after you exit data's dialog box. Once you do exit, Mega Man's status is forcibly reset to a neutral standing position after a set amount of time. This can be abused by using an enemy to knock you back during the zoom out, and this knockback has invincibility and afterwards gets cancelled with the status reset. So the game never takes away the invincibility as Mega Man didn't land on his back like he's supposed to.

MML Cutscene Walk Glitch

Aerlien 2022-09-18 | In the Japanese version, by pausing and swapping buster parts on the frame you kick Paprika with Tron in your line of sight you have one frame of freedom to interact with her and play 2 cutscenes simultaneously.

Bruno Quick Kill (Normal)

Aerlien 2022-09-13 | quick ted. dude spins his torso off like a bottle cap

Bomberman Juno Phase 1

Aerlien 2022-07-29 | Ordered from fastest to slowest

Most Important Patterns:
0:00 Fastest
2:03 Buster Swap Glitch on jump first
3:24 Dealing with Double Jump
5:41 Buster Swap Glitch after Double Jump

Kaizo Ironmon Fire Red Single Segment (TIMESTAMPED)

Aerlien 2022-05-28 | Featuring BIG Bertha the Swampert, Co-starring Wanna Sudowoodo the HM Bud.

Kaizo Ironmon is a randomized solo Pokemon challenge on a community ruleset to make it extremely difficult and unfair. You must use only one Pokemon in battle at all times, any additional Mon must be used for HMs outside of battle only. When you catch a Pokemon and declare it as a pivot before you catch it, you must swap to it immediately and only use that for the rest of the run or you pivot once again. Wild and trainer Pokemon have their levels increased by 50% and Boss Trainers battle with 3 additional Pokemon when applicable. Pokemon Centers are allowed, however healing items may not be used outside of battle and you may not leave dungeons to heal at a center before completing the dungeon.

Other details about this challenge can be found here: pastebin.com/sqgFDYME

This run was insane and incredibly fun throughout, I'm still in disbelief as I'm pretty much writing this right after I finished streaming. I am very thankful for everyone who congratulated me and the ones who experienced the journey with me. This was NOT easy and I did get very very lucky too. And thank you for reading and watching.

I wish i had the chat overlay on this run! I'll include a link to the Twitch version of this if you wanna see what chat had to say, they were a riot at the end! twitch.tv/videos/1311250967

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---Timestamps---
00:00-01:18 Run Start
01:18-02:52 Random Poke/Lab Battle
02:52-08:42 Finding Pivot
08:42-27:28 Trainers + Rival1.5
27:28-32:20 Brock's Jim
32:20-33:45 Razor Leaf TM
33:45-44:35 Trainers
44:35-50:56 Mt Moon 1
50:56-53:03 Rekt by Mantine
53:03-1:02:08 Mt Moon Full Clear
1:02:08-1:46:33 Rival2 + Trainers
1:46:33-2:05:04 S.S. Anne
2:05:04-2:10:34 Misty's Gym
2:10:34-2:43:19 Trainers + Break
2:43:19-3:05:15 Rock Tunnel
3:05:15-3:31:54 Lavender Rival + Trainers
3:31:54-3:47:18 Item Grind
3:47:18-4:08:30 R. Hideout Full Clear
4:08:30-4:29:26 Tower Full Clear
4:29:26-4:39:09 Trainers + Rename
4:39:09-4:43:25 Surge's Jim
4:43:25-4:49:46 Item Grind
4:49:46-5:13:01 Bike Trainers
5:13:01-5:18:20 Safari Zone
5:18:20-6:01:04 Trainers
6:01:04-6:12:31 Koga's Gym
6:21:31-6:39:25 Moar Trainerz
6:39:25-6:48:00 Erika's Gym
6:48:00-7:10:36 Trainers
7:10:36-7:19:14 Seafoam
7:19:14-7:36:00 Mansion Full Clear
7:36:00-8:31:46 Silph Co.
8:31:46-8:40:20 Break
8:40:20-8:53:50 Sabrina's Jim
8:53:50-9:03:42 Item Grind
9:03:42-9:13:34 Blaine's Gym
9:13:34-9:20:08 SAY NO TO BILL
9:20:08-9:34:14 Giovanni's Jim
9:34:14-9:40:11 Water WHAT???
9:40:11-9:45:16 Rival 6
9:45:16-9:54:45 Victory Road 1
9:54:45-10:10:25 Break
10:10:25-10:23:00 Victory Road 2
10:23:00-10:35:25 Elite 4 Prep
10:35:25-10:43:43 Lorelei
10:43:43-10:44:45 Bruno Prep
10:44:45-10:49:33 Bruno
10:49:33-10:58:07 Agatha
10:58:07-11:07:54 Lance
11:07:54-11:09:19 Champion Prep
11:09:19-11:12:37 Title Match
11:12:37-11:20:25 Kaizo Champion
11:20:25-11:24:55 Credits
11:24:55-11:41:53 Epilogue
11:41:53-11:42:30 VEGAS BABY

Tobal Annihilation Top 8 Finale

Aerlien 2022-04-04 | The galaxy's champion is crowned!

Sorry about the volume issue during one of the matches!

This game was ahead of its time. I hope you guys enjoyed checking out these matches from our first CPU tournament. I want to do this for every New Year, but I'm also considering putting a spin on it for a Summer tournament.

Thanks as well to JMC4789 for being along on this crazy ride.

I made a playlist you can view here if you want to watch all the Tobal Annihilation videos:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTVieyOzbmqJ_YYLf0uitd59ioqvugi1

***Timestamps***
00:00 - 00:16 Intro
00:16 - 00:54 Pre-matches discussion
00:54 - 06:17 Dark Thing VS Violet Worm
06:17 - 07:50 Pre-match 2
07:50 - 15:45 Blue Lizard VS Ohma 2
15:45 - 16:41 Pre-match 3
16:41 - 28:10 Loser's Semifinals
28:10 - 28:41 Pre-match 4
28:41 - 36:19 Winner's Finals
36:19 - 37:45 Pre-match 5
37:45 - 52:51 Loser's Finals
52:51 - 55:28 Pre-GF
55:28 - 1:03:40 Grand Finals

Tobal Annihilation Top 8 Part 1

Aerlien 2022-03-21 | Surprise double elimination bracket edition.

Tobal Annihilation Revolution New-year Tournament is a CPU only competition with 185 unique characters, the majority of them captured in the brutal dungeons of the amazing single player of this game. All matches from here on out are best 3 out of 5, and now each of these combatants effectively have two lives.

As always, thank you JMC for commentating over these matches with me.

Check out twitch.tv/aerlien and this playlist for all the Tobal Annihilation Tournament videos uploaded so far: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTVieyOzbmqJ_YYLf0uitd59ioqvugi1

***Timestamps***
00:00 - 00:14 Intro
00:14 - 02:45 Pre-matches Discussion
02:45 - 09:20 Red Crest VS Blue Lizard
09:20 - 10:00 Pre-match 2
10:00 - 17:31 Violet Worm VS Super Trix
17:31 - 18:29 Pre-match 3
18:29 - 22:57 Alien's Cocoon VS Ohma 2
22:57 - 23:27 Pre-match 4
23:27 - 32:14 Dark Thing VS Frost Bear
32:14 - 33:34 Pre-match 5 (3 Rounds)
33:34 - 51:56 Blue Lizard VS Super Trix (Winner's Semi)
51:56 - 52:49 Pre-match 6 (3 Rounds)
52:49 - 1:00:55 Alien's Cocoon VS Dark Thing (Winner's Semi)
1:00:55 - 1:01:31 Pre-match 7
1:01:31 - 1:10:16 Red Crest VS Violet Worm (Loser's R1)
1:10:16 - 1:10:48 Pre-match 8
1:10:48 - 1:14:34 Ohma 2 VS Frost Bear (Loser's R1)

standing here i realize

Aerlien 2022-03-16 | little tobal boy does a infinite

Music: It Has To Be This Way (Platinum Remix) - Jimmy Gnecco - Metal Gear Rising Original Soundtrack

Source of clip: youtu.be/ifE-ZmqbpWo

Tobal Annihilation Top Matches in Top 16

Aerlien 2022-03-15 | Jam packed, wildly close games!

Tobal Annihilation Revolution New-year Tournament is a CPU only competition with 185 unique characters, the majority of them captured in the brutal dungeons of the amazing single player of this game. All matches from here on out are best 3 out of 5. Top 8 is coming next and I will upload every match from that section of the tournament!

Thanks a bunch to JMC4789 for joining me in commentary.

Check out twitch.tv/aerlien and this playlist for all the Tobal Annihilation Tournament videos uploaded so far: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTVieyOzbmqJ_YYLf0uitd59ioqvugi1

***Timestamps***
00:00 - 00:14 Intro
00:14 -14:35 Red Crest VS Trix
14:35 - 23:21 Gae Bolg VS Violet Worm
23:21 - 31:58 Psycho Fei VS Ohma 2

185 CPU Tobal 2 Tournament Highlights #4

Aerlien 2022-03-12 | A collection of hype moments featuring silly AI that surprise you with giga-brained tactics.

Tobal Annihilation Revolution New-year Tournament is a CPU only competition with 185 unique characters, the majority of them captured in the most deadly dungeons in the galaxy.

This series has been a lot of fun to work on. There aren't too many clips left and the next videos will be focused on full matches and I'm looking to cap it all off with one final highlights video. Thank you very much for checking these out and thank you JMC as always for commentating with me on these.

Have a look at twitch.tv/aerlien and this playlist for all the Tobal Annihilation Tournament videos uploaded so far: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTVieyOzbmqJ_YYLf0uitd59ioqvugi1

Tobal Annihilation Top Matches in Top 32

Aerlien 2022-03-09 | Rewriting the book on Tobal 2 matchups.

Tobal Annihilation Revolution New-year Tournament is a CPU only competition with 185 unique characters, the majority of them captured in the most deadly dungeons in the galaxy. These matches are best 2 out of 3. As the ante rises so does the quality of these matches.

I originally intended for Top 64 to be uploaded today but after losing the footage, Top 64 matches will only have highlight clips.

JMC4789 I thank you again for commentating with me on these lovely bouts.

Check out twitch.tv/aerlien and this playlist for all the Tobal Annihilation Tournament videos uploaded so far: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTVieyOzbmqJ_YYLf0uitd59ioqvugi1

***Timestamps***
00:00 - 00:17 Intro
00:17 - 05:54 Psycho Hom VS Brown Ferret
05:54 - 13:43 Blue Jelly VS Gae Bolg
13:43 - 18:46 Frost Bear VS Repair Droid

185 CPU Tobal 2 Tournament Highlights #3

Aerlien 2022-03-05 | We've only scratched the surface of what these fighters are really capable of.

Tobal Annihilation Revolution New-Year Tournament was held during and after the turn of the New Year for 2022 and the contestants are 185 CPU controlled unique characters.

Thanks to JMC4789 as always for coming in hot commentating with me, great stuff.

Check out twitch.tv/aerlien and this playlist for all the Tobal Annihilation Tournament videos uploaded so far: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTVieyOzbmqJ_YYLf0uitd59ioqvugi1

Tobal Annihilation Top Matches Round 2

Aerlien 2022-03-02 | You expect me to believe he crossed his arms and slid right up to you without moving a muscle?

Tobal Annihilation Revolution New-Year Tournament was held during and after the turn of the New Year for 2022 and the contestants are 185 CPU controlled unique characters.

Round 2 was overall more solid and less goofy than round 1 which made for an exciting change of pace this early on! Nail-biters, a mirror match, and more knockouts this time around!

Once again I extend many thanks to JMC4789 for adding a wealth of commentary to these sets.

Check out twitch.tv/aerlien and this playlist for all the Tobal tournament videos uploaded so far: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTVieyOzbmqJ_YYLf0uitd59ioqvugi1

Timestamps:
00:00 - 00:13 Intro
00:13 - 01:48 Psycho Doctor V VS Taxim
01:48 - 04:21 Thin Man VS Nebak
04:21 - 08:19 Attacker VS Purple Bear
08:19 - 10:06 Psycho Fei VS Gharbi
10:06 - 12:40 Star VS Black Star
12:40 - 15:54 Violet Devil VS Worker

185 CPU Tobal 2 Tournament Highlights #2

Aerlien 2022-02-27 | Crazy combos, calculated ringouts, clutch comebacks, and of course Yellow Jelly's command grab.

Tobal Annihilation Revolution New-year Tournament is a CPU only competition with 185 unique characters, and these monsters created some real spectacles, many of which are highlighted in this series.

Special thanks of course to JMC4789 co-commentating and adding his brilliant insight to these matches.

Check out twitch.tv/aerlien and this playlist for all the Tobal Annihilation Tournament videos uploaded so far: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTVieyOzbmqJ_YYLf0uitd59ioqvugi1

Tobal Annihilation Top Matches Round 1

Aerlien 2022-02-24 | Featuring the classic rivalry between dinosaur and automaton.

Known for its staggering roster size and brutally magnificent single player dungeon crawling, Tobal 2 stands the test of time as a fighter. These CPUs pull out unprecedented strategies and somehow consistently find creative ways to keep you on your toes watching them even with limited movesets.

Tobal Annihilation Revolution New-Year Tournament 1 - Check out twitch.tv/aerlien and this playlist for all the Tobal Annihilation videos uploaded so far: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTVieyOzbmqJ_YYLf0uitd59ioqvugi1

Timestamps:
00:00 - intro
00:15 - Deino Vs Laser Drone
02:25 - Red Zeppel Vs Totem 2nd
04:45 - Tategami Vs Nebak
07:50 - Hammer Head Vs Coelophysis
09:45 - Spike Shield Vs Dual Hammer(?)

185 CPU Tobal 2 Tournament Highlights #1

Aerlien 2022-02-21 | Hype moments from the Tobal Annihilation Revolution New-year Tournament. 185 unique monsters from the quest mode dungeons of hidden gem Tobal 2 fought in an enormous bracket and made insane plays unlike anything you would normally see in a fighting game.

Special thanks to JMC4789 for commentating with me and to ThatDudeZer0 for supplying the first clip.

Check out twitch.tv/aerlien and this playlist for all the Tobal Annihilation Tournament videos uploaded so far: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCTVieyOzbmqJ_YYLf0uitd59ioqvugi1

No More Heroes 3 Bitter RTA Speedrun in 2:29:53

Aerlien 2021-09-25 | Current Personal Best: youtu.be/aDCmQOmu730

I met my goal time in this run! After dying and with how the run fell off in the lategame, I still want more though. The money for the run finally went as planned without any snags. Sushi though is another story.

-- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

No More Heroes 3 NG Bitter Speedrun in 2:32:47

Aerlien 2021-09-22 | Current Personal Best: youtu.be/aDCmQOmu730

This run was insane and still had a death in it! Attack and reels sushi are making a huge difference but some silly things went wrong. The fact that there are many mistakes to correct gives me confidence in a sub 2:30 but at the same time there were many lucky moments in this run.

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No More Heroes 3 NG Bitter Speedrun in 2:43:05

Aerlien 2021-09-17 | Current Personal Best: youtu.be/aDCmQOmu730

I had unexpected money issues and a couple quick deaths. The fights against Black Hole and Gold Joe illustrate the potential of Reels Sushi and my next goal is to make more use of those and the sushi that refills katana energy.

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MGS Solid The TTS 52:27 Very Emulator

Aerlien 2021-09-14 | Mowed this run like a lush lawn.

No More Heroes 3 NG Bitter Speedrun in 3:03:18

Aerlien 2021-09-07 | Current Personal Best: youtu.be/aDCmQOmu730

Several deaths, sub 3 is free and sub 2:50 isn't much further.

Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

Tobal 2: Ohma Dies

Aerlien 2021-09-01 | it had to be done. good practice.

No More Heroes 3 reference.

ZAMN Guaranteed Bazooka on Level 1

Aerlien 2021-04-27 | One of the most daunting aspects in this already brutal speedrun is starting on the frame that drops an item you need for the run. This video demonstrates practical input combinations that negate the need for frame-perfect timing.

Input Buffer: Holding a button before an action with that button can be taken within the game, causing the action to occur on the first possible frame if the button is still held by that point.

Edit: Works on Console!! All methods can be seen tested with a SNES on this video on Plywood's channel: youtu.be/GFFj76zJhkU

For the TAS footage i used the Faust core on Bizhawk.

Mega Man 64 41:30 (WR)

Aerlien 2021-01-09 | memes -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

also the chatbox goes up into the splits, now you're distracted by it

Mega Man Legends 42:37 Playstation

Aerlien 2020-05-18 | 1st pb with DoritoKing Skip -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

(PC English) Final Fantasy X Any% 9:11:57

Aerlien 2019-09-20 | Bahamut Route. Missed Mi'ihen skip but got Clasko, Guadosalam and Jyscal skips.
Sloppy!!

Tobal 2 Full Quest Single Segment 2:19:18 (トバル2 RTA)

Aerlien 2019-07-27 | Read for clarifications, terminology, and summary of the run. (It's a doozy)

It's been a while since I last posted a run for this hidden gem, and this time it's on official hardware! The first thing i wanna get into real quick would be that a legendary runner by the name of SuperTobalMan taught me an RNG manipulation for the first dungeon. By utilizing this, the first dungeon's potion colors are fixed. If I find a certain color I'll know without identifying it in-game exactly what its effect is. On top of that, I've greatly improved at combat and understanding the mechanics including potion mixing, which did come in handy a bit in this particular run even in the final dungeon! All the new things i've learned helped me to cut my PB down by nearly half.

I limited grinding attack and defense in this run compared to my previous personal bests. I did not grind at all in the main dungeons and only upped defense a bit in the first few floors of the final dungeon.

Anyhoo, I worked really hard for 2 months straight of not finishing a run at all to finally get one completed that I'm satisfied with. This is not the end of Tobal 2 for me and i'll be more motivated to come back often now that i'm comfortable running it.. while also dealing with Japanese text. Thanks so much for watching and reading this, and I hope you enjoy this run. I find it to be a real treat.
twitch.tv/aerlien is where this happens

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Muteki - Invincible: Makes the user completely impervious to damage and hitstun
Tetsujin - Unblockable: The user's attacks cannot be blocked.
Invisible: When the user's model is blank, fights cannot be started and they may cook food and potions by using enemy fire. (Invis is the most important potion in the run)
Double - X2: Effects subsequent to using this potion either last twice as long or become twice as effective
Hyper: Cooldown after doing a standing attack is negated.
White Potion - Uncurse: Bad Gems are cursed, meaning they are impossible to remove once equipped. By combining potions based on their RGB values, you can create a white potion to lift the curse on the bad gems. This also comes with a randomly generated potion effect.

Red Gems: Offense ( 脚力の石 ) Leg Strength
Green Gem: Life Max
Transparent Green Gem: Extra Life Gem
Yellow Gem: Stamina Max
Blue Gem: Defense
Purple Gem: Captures injured enemies

Throughout the run it's optimal to build the strongest Leg, or Kick gem since the best attacks for characters are often used with the left leg. On the flip side, I also build the worst Life Gems so that I may throw them at bosses, forcing the enemies to equip the gems and be 1 shot or close to it as a result.

Eating food while your stamina bar is maxed out will grant you defense experience. I used it as a safety strat since I wanted to ensure a PB.

Every time you strike an enemy with a limb, that limb gains experience. I mentioned the left leg in particular earlier and that is the one I almost exclusively hit enemies with for this reason.

Shops - Buying: You can tell what kind of potion is on sale by the price and of course if they match any that are in your inventory. Food can help you stay alive, Green Jelly restores health as well
Shops - Selling: Defense gems sell for a whopping 500 mol, enough for an invis and 2 doubles. You can appraise unknown gems you have by attempting to sell them and canceling. The price increases or decreases by 10% of a gem's respective base price for each positive or negative level that is on the unknown gem.

Small Helm, Psycho Hom, and Green Man: These three are the only sources of Extra Life Gems in the run. The former 2 have a chance of dropping them upon defeat but Green Man's is equipped, thus must be defeated via capture gem to acquire it. This is because a Life Gem cannot be equipped unless you dump your entire health bar into it. If you die after this then the gem is consumed and you get that lifebar back. Psycho and Small Helm's need to be filled after obtaining them unlike Green Man. This is a safety strat and not required.

Hom Vs. Other Characters: Hom is my favorite character and he has all the tools you need for the speedrun. He has a good jump kick, a knockdown string that enemies commonly get hit by, great ground hitting lows, and good juggle tools. The character I see that outclasses him is Fei. He has a similar toolset to Hom's that is harder to use but more effective, on top of being shorter and thus harder to hit. I may do more runs with him in the future. Epon, Chuji, and Doctor V are all viable too.

Silent Hill Play Novel (Cybil) 2:46 wr

Aerlien 2019-02-21 | lol just rewatching this hurts my arm

filmed at AGDQ 2019, thanks Plywood

RE2 Remake Claire A Police Station Skip (Early Orphanage)

Aerlien 2019-01-31 | Out of Bounds is a wonderful thing. The setup to OOB was not found by me. Update: No items are required for this skip, except for i guess the gun you start with so you can shoot the zombie's leg off.

Navigating out there can be a bit vague and weird so if anyone has questions let me know. twitch.tv/aerlien

RE2 Out of Bounds with Zombie Manip (Obsolete)

Aerlien 2019-01-29 | You kinda gotta stand on the rear end of it and steer it by standing on the side of it you want it to turn towards. This method makes it far more in control of the player rather than relying on RNG on a static position.

(Sorry for potato quality)

Mega Man Legends 42:41 (Former WR)

Aerlien 2019-01-08 | took until my PB run for me to find out about the bad audio mixing, my bad -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

Mega Man Legends 2 (PSP) 1:15:11

Aerlien 2019-01-02 | One of the most hype streams I've ever had, unless it was the most. -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

Mega Man Legends 2 (PSP) 1:15:30

Aerlien 2018-12-24 | I struggled for a few days straight unable to PB; very happy to have gotten this one. -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

Mega Man Legends 100% in 1:07:21

Aerlien 2018-12-17 | This category's potential may be even bigger than i thought
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While I'm bringing the Any% PB over to YouTube, might as well slide this in here too. I'd like to improve this sometime. -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

Mega Man 64 41:41

Aerlien 2018-10-14 | Finally got the hyper cartridge strategies aligned on both major versions of the game, so I'm happy with this run. It is not perfect. -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

Mega Man Legends 42:48 Playstation (Former WR)

Aerlien 2018-07-11 | After a brutal (girthy) grind, the 42 is finally here, and a sub 42:50 at that! If this doesn't get beaten for a while I will not be surprised....although i do welcome the challenge ;) -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

MGS: The Twin Snakes 54:40 Normal (Former WR)

Aerlien 2018-03-16 | ._.

biggest time saves: wolf 1 and liquid -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

MGS: The Twin Snakes 55:08 Normal (Former WR)

Aerlien 2018-03-11 | This run was carried by landing the 2 hardest tricks and getting lucky, everything else was more or less mediocre. 54 next hopefully! -- Watch live at twitch.tv/aerlien

Armored Core 3 Any% No Aborts 1:11:18 (Former WR) - JP

Aerlien 2017-12-28 | run's a lot of fun but admittedly hard to optimize, i'll try and push this to under an hour 10, which will take some work. This run definitely has my worst final level to date though lol.

This run was done on the SPCH-50000 PS2 model, which loads incredibly quickly especially with the help of Fast Disc Speed, and the Japanese version of the game requires 1 less mission to complete the game compared to US.